Environmental, Social and Economic Review Note (ESERN)
I. Project Overview
Identification | 9858 |
Project Title | Supply Change: Promoting Reduction of Deforestation Impacts of Commodity Supply Chains |
Managing Division | Ecosystems Division |
Type/Location | Global |
Region | Global |
List Countries | Global |
Project Description | Project objective is to increase the transparency, accountability and impact of several hundred commodity production companies’ commitments to sustainable, low- and zero-deforestation production on behalf of government, NGO and other stakeholders who require this information in order to keep both a spotlight and pressure on companies’ efforts to reduce their impacts on forests with the specific intent of protecting forests and protecting the globally significant biodiversity that depends on those forests. The lack of transparency and accountability, at the company level and at the country, jurisdictional and producer levels, is exactly the challenge that Supply Change seeks to address and reverse through this project. Under this project, the partner will acquire new data tracking and analytical capabilities to fulfill the specific outcomes: Increased transparency and awareness about, effective tracking and accountability for, and visibility and pressure on the companies making sustainability commitments to low- or zero-deforestation, including the impacts and results of those commitments on the protection of forests and on the globally significant forest-dependent biodiversity. |
Estimated duration of project: | 2018-2029 |
Estimated cost of the project : | GEF Grant: 1,000,000 Co-finance: 2,000,000 |
Funding Source: | GEF |
II. Environmental Social and Economic Screening Determination
Summary of the Safeguard Risks Triggered
Safeguard Standard Triggered by the Project | Impact of Risk (1-5) | Probability of Risk (1-5) | Significance of Risk (L, M, H)* |
SS 1: Biodiversity, natural habitat and Sustainable Management of Living Resources | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 2: Resource Efficiency, Pollution Prevention and Management of Chemicals and Wastes | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 3: Safety of Dams | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 4: Involuntary resettlement | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 5: Indigenous peoples | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 6: Labor and working conditions | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 7: Cultural Heritage | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 8: Gender equity | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 9: Economic Sustainability | 1 | 1 | L |
Additional Safeguard questions for projects seeking GCF-funding (Section IV) | NA | NA | NA |
*Refer to the UNEP ESES Framework (Chapter 2) and the UNEP’s ESES Guidelines
ESE Screening Decision
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Development of ESE Review Note and Screening Decision
ESERN Prepared by: | Name: Ersin Esen | Date: 14 June 2017 |
Conforms to ESES Framework | Name: | Date: |
Accepted by Project Manager: | Name: | Date: |
Recommended further action from the Safeguard Advisor